Chapter 59: Desert Survival Day 9 (2) Encountering in the “Newbie Village”…

In front of Yu Miaomiao were two forked roads consisting of four rows of cacti and various shrubs. These should be the main road and the branch road of Huabieshuo.

On a road lined with several blooming cacti, there was a little camel strolling around. Looking through the holographic image, it had a yellow health bar.

Yellow is a passive-aggressive beast.

At first glance, this little camel looks no different from a real-world camel, but it has three humps and its neck seems a little longer.

Yu Miaomiao, who was still observing, was suddenly hit on the calf by something. She immediately took out the crossbow and saw a gray-black hamster running away and disappearing into the bushes.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the health bar of the little hamster, which was also yellow. It was not very fast, and it would probably take several arrows to hit it. There was no need to provoke it.

She rubbed her calf, which was a little sore from being bumped by the hamster, and prepared to start drawing cards today while thinking about which way to go.

The first fork in the road ahead was different from what Huabie had described.

I went into Huabie several times, and at the beginning I saw a road surrounded by shrubs on the left, and a row of short cacti on the right. The main road was on the other side of the cacti.

But what she saw were two almost identical paths formed by the interweaving of shrubs and cacti. The only difference was that the path with the cacti had a few flowers blooming, which could be vaguely seen growing out of the tops of the cacti.

If Hua Bie remembered correctly, he went to the same Dark Oasis adventure site every time, but he went to another one.

As soon as 12 o'clock arrived, the system sound sounded on time.

【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】

As the system prompt sounded, the three familiar large cards appeared in front again.

The first card on the right was glowing red and looked familiar. Yu Miaomiao took a look and saw that it was indeed a "Food Resource Card."

The second one glowed blue and had the words "Life Resource Card" written on it.

These two are the same as the ones we have seen before. Could it be that the third one is the same as the previous ones and is also a weapon card?

After flipping it open, there was a card glowing purple: "Energy Resource Card."

Energy, is this the energy that Yu Miaomiao knows about?

Energy materials such as heat, electricity, light, and chemical energy that provide energy for machinery.

The energy sources she is most familiar with are oil, solar energy and wind energy, but here, other energy sources besides solar energy have not yet appeared.

No, it appears that the organs dropped by various animals are also the energy source for various machines.

For example, the energy required for a condensing fan is the refrigeration organ.

Yu Miaomiao still remembers that a frozen organ was sold for 50 mucus at the auction house. Although no one bought it, the value of these energy organs is currently very high.

Because most survivors don't encounter many monsters at night, and not every beast will drop these organs, so these energy organs are still very rare.

She chose the energy resource card without hesitation. Even if she couldn't use the energy immediately, she could sell it at a good price to exchange for the supplies she wanted.

After making her selection, she clicked on the system information icon.

[System Notice: Treasure Card Reward Calculation Begins]

[Successfully trigger the Lucky trait, and obtain 3 ordinary treasure cards, 2 gold treasure cards, and 2 platinum treasure cards.]

This is the reward for drawing cards on the seventh day, and they have been settled all at once.

[System Notice: Vehicle Card Rewards Settlement Begins]

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait, and received 1 drone, 1 dragon boat, 1 zorb ball, 1 tricycle blueprint, and 1 balance bike blueprint.]

[System Notice: Energy Resource Card Rewards Settlement Begins]

[Successfully trigger the Lucky trait, gain 5 Cryo Organs, 5 Wind Organs, 5 Venom Glands, 5 Power Organs, 5 Flame Organs, and 5 Gill Lung Organs.]

The variety of items is not as many as before, but Yu Miaomiao feels that today is a great harvest.

[System prompt: Player Miaomiao is not short of water and has unlocked the tricycle production.]

[System prompt: Player Miaomiao is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of a balance bike. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

But the things in the vehicle card seem a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

She took out the drone out of curiosity. It was no different from a modern controllable small drone, not the large unmanned aircraft that Yu Miaomiao had imagined. A hook for hanging objects could be seen at the bottom of this small drone. It turned out to be a drone that supported loading cargo.

Is this a vehicle? Transporting goods is also a vehicle, right?

She took out the dragon boat for a second and then put it back. It was just a dragon boat that could be rowed in the water, and she couldn't rely on it in the desert.

As for the zorb ball, it is a transparent double-layer sphere with an outer diameter of three meters and an inner diameter of about two meters.

It feels very elastic and has a ball hole in the middle where people can get in.

Is this the vehicle?

Let her get into this elastic sphere and bounce around in the desert?

She seemed to have seen someone playing with this zorb ball in the water. She didn't know how it would work in the desert, but at least she couldn't use it now.

She took a quick look at the treasure card and found that it needed to be opened at a designated location. As for the location of the designated place, it also had a corresponding map similar to the friend map and resource search map for Miaomiao to navigate.

It really is a map for each item, which does not allow any survivor who obtains a function or item individually to use even a little bit of other functions.

After scanning it all, Yu Miaomiao closed her backpack. The time for exploration was limited, so she would study it carefully after she went out.

Since she wasn't sure which of the two roads was the main road, she just took either one.

Taking out the lipstick and a piece of linen that she had brought from the real world, she prepared to record the adventure along the way, and most importantly, draw a map.

She had already informed Api and Lulu about the rest of the detailed information about the expedition, and planned to record it in the group of three people created by Pippi.

Her first choice was to go down a road without cactus flowers or camels.

As soon as she walked in, she saw a small burlap bag hanging on the bushes. The bag was very small and stuffed in the gap. If she didn't pay close attention, she might miss it.

Take it off and open it.

[Lucky trait successfully triggered. Adventure Land Gift Pack: 2 Screws, 2 Stones, 2 Linen Cloths. Already stored in the system warehouse.]

As soon as she saw the contents of the sack, the items naturally entered her system backpack.

Continue walking forward, and next to the three cacti, there is a tree with small red fruits.

She picked a small reddish-brown fruit and put it in her backpack—[Raspberry Fruit]

It turned out to be raspberry. She wanted to pull it up directly by the roots to save planting time.

But just as she pulled up the raspberry stem, she felt an electric shock on her hand and a system voice appeared in her mind.

【System prompt: Please do not operate in violation of regulations.】

Yu Miaomiao: ...

When the system is broken, there will be no illegal operations.

Hua Bie had never mentioned this detail to her, but she posted it in the group.

It seems that the game system does not allow her to directly take away the ready-made raspberry tree.

Pick one, put it in, pick another one, and put it in your backpack.

After saving all 10, she continued to pick leaves.

Raspberry leaves are a must in the recipe for fresh baba tang.

A raspberry tree with lush branches and leaves was finally picked bare by her.

Continuing to walk forward, she saw another raspberry.

Okay, she really fell into the raspberry nest, but why was this thing not among the supplies she got from Huabie?

She felt that there was no need for Huabie to hide this item, because this kind of plant was not difficult to pick up, and the other party was willing to tell her about other good materials, such as mucus. It was impossible for him to hide such a small thing secretly. There was only one possibility, that Huabie did not pick the raspberries at all.

Why didn’t you pick it? Either you didn’t see it or you were too lazy to pick it.

Only after she had picked all the raspberries did she see a small box hidden behind the raspberries. Because the box was brown-green in color, it would be difficult to see the small object unless she had picked all the raspberries from the tree.

Yu Miaomiao lifted the box out from behind the raspberry bush where only branches were left.

The square box was tightly closed, had no lid, and no lock. How could she open it?

The small box is about the size of a box of tissues, so why not just smash it to see if it can be opened?

No, why did this idea seem so familiar to her?

On the first day, she got a big wooden box and wanted to smash it open with a construction hammer, but later she used a screwdriver to open the wooden box of the novice gift package without any damage.

Moreover, after using the screwdriver for the first day, she never used it in any other way. At one point, she even forgot that she had such a thing.

When she saw the small box today, she understood the purpose of the screwdriver - to open boxes.

There was indeed a small screw on each of the four corners of the small box. She took out a screwdriver, aimed the tool at the screw and turned the tool, and the nail fell off automatically.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Adventure Land Gift Pack: 4 Screws, 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Refined Iron Ingot. Has been stored in the system warehouse.]

It turned out that there was another more advanced piece of iron hidden in an iron box.

Yu Miaomiao wondered, if Hua Bie had never gone to pick raspberries, would he have never seen this small box?

Thinking of this, she sent a message to Hua Bie.

"Meow Meow is Not Short of Water: Let me ask you a question. When you went to the exploration area, did you see any raspberries?"

After sending the message, she continued walking forward and saw two more raspberry trees along the way. She picked all of them until she reached the end of a lawn, which was a dead end blocked by a cactus three or four meters high.

So, she chose the branch road, right?

"Hua Bie: I didn't pay attention. The supplies I get are usually from treasure chests, and occasionally I pick up some things on the roadside."

Yu Miaomiao could imagine that when Hua Bie came into the exploration area, he must have killed his way through and opened the treasure chest without even looking down at the plants at his feet, so he might have missed these small treasure chests.

A blood-red ostrich lay on the lawn in front of me. Behind it was a puddle of water, and in the puddle lay a treasure chest.

This is the treasure chest on the first branch road.

According to Huabie, there is a treasure chest at the end of each branch, which will be refreshed every time you enter the adventure area.

Each treasure chest has a "guardian monster". Once you pass this monster to open the treasure chest, the originally passive attack monster will immediately become an active attack monster. At the same time, you need to kill it within the specified time, otherwise it will attract patrol monsters.

Of course, she can also kill the "guardian monster" before opening the box.

The monsters in the exploration area didn't have the same weaknesses as the monsters at night, so they could be killed using normal means. Since she had come here, she couldn't return empty-handed, and the small items she had obtained before didn't count.

Yu Miaomiao took out the crossbow, but the ostrich lying down to rest remained unmoved.

With Xiaoguai's help, she has practiced many times.

——whoosh

A sharp arrow shot past.

Yu Miaomiao's target was every part of the ostrich from its head to its buttocks. The moment the arrow hit its head, the ostrich immediately stood up and made an "ooh-oh" sound.

A line of holographic numbers appeared in the upper right corner of her sight - 3:00

It is the countdown to kill this monster.

Yu Miaomiao originally thought it was an ordinary ostrich, but when it stood up, she realized that it was impossible for normal creatures to exist in the apocalypse.

Its two legs were extremely thick, one leg was thicker than her two, and the whole bird dived forward.

Another arrow shot at the same time, this time at its head. The next time, Yu Miaomiao aimed at the ostrich's body - where she thought the heart was.

It must be the first two arrows shot at the head that took effect. The ostrich fell backwards as soon as it raised a thick leg to kick Yu Miaomiao.

Yu Miaomiao didn't dare to stop and shot another arrow. This time, because he was very close to the ostrich, he could see the entire arrow embedded in the ostrich's body.

The shot probably hit the monster's aorta, and blood spurted out from the wound.

Yu Miaomiao's entire face was sprayed with ostrich blood.

In my blurry vision, the numbers in the upper right corner slowly faded from 2:03 and disappeared.

With a "bang", the huge and strange ostrich fell to the ground.

The crossbow is indeed more comfortable to use than the old bow.

When I walked up to the ostrich, the originally bright red ostrich slowly began to shrink until it turned into a pile of ashes and disappeared.

Except for the last arrow, all the arrows fell to the ground and Yu Miaomiao picked them up immediately.

The water in the puddle was stained muddy by the ash that the ostrich had turned into. She tried to fill a bottle and put it in her backpack and took a look. It directly showed "Poisonous Water".

She currently has limited water containers, and she only needs poison glands to make poisonous items, so this water is of no use for the time being unless she wants to trick people into drinking it.

She poured it out, took out a new bottle of well water she had filled, washed her face, and walked towards the treasure chest.

The treasure chest had a lid, locked with a rusty iron lock.

Can a screwdriver open a lock?

There were indeed two small screws at the bottom of the lock, but when Yu Miaomiao tried the screwdriver, she could feel that she had no power at all.

It seems that the stone axe is unable to split this kind of iron product.

She tried to put the box into her backpack but failed.

It seems that the treasure chests in the adventure area cannot be taken away directly unless they are opened on the spot.

Yu Miaomiao remembered Hua Bie saying that he always used violence to open the treasure chests. He had a mace in his hand that could smash them open. At that time, he asked her if she needed it, and she said she would wait and see.

Since there is a lock, it can definitely be opened through normal means.

The blade of the screwdriver in her hand was cross-shaped, while the screw head on the lock was a small plum blossom shape.

There are two ways to open this treasure chest. Either remove the lock, which requires a plum-shaped screwdriver, or find □□.

She searched the forum for □□ and screwdriver OEM, but there was no corresponding information.

□□ and screwdrivers are both tools. She remembered that Ziren seemed to be able to make something called a tool box.

"Is Pipi here? Ziren, are you free now? Could you please show me what tools are in your tool box?"

The other party responded quickly.

"Is Ziren here? [Compact Tool Box], but I'm also selling an all-purpose household tool set today, so it should have more tools in it."

【Name: Small Tool Box (1/1)

Level: 7

Introduction: A good partner for daily maintenance

Attributes: Includes a flathead screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, a utility knife, a 2-meter measuring tape, wire cutters, a claw hammer, and an Allen wrench.

I don't know if a flat-blade screwdriver can open a torx-shaped screw.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Can you lend me a flat-blade screwdriver? What materials do I need to make an all-purpose household tool set? I want to make one."

"Is Ziren here? Yes, the materials required are 3 scrap iron blocks, 10 iron blocks, 10 copper blocks, and 5 plastic blocks."

"Meow Meow is not short of water: The materials required are a bit too much. Let me think about it. Can I try the screwdriver first?"

"Is Ziren here? Are you opening a box?"

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Well, I'm in the exploration area. There is a treasure chest inside, but it's locked. I want to try to see if I can open the lock with a screwdriver."

"Is Ziren here? If your lock is rusty, a flathead screwdriver and the screwdriver that came with the system can be taken apart. If it's an iron, copper, or silver lock, that won't work. You can use this one first."

I didn't expect Ziren to know so much, but according to Api, they haven't been to the adventure site yet. This should be the information that people from outside told him when they asked him to do the work.

If different screwdrivers can really open various locks, then the rich screwdrivers and other tools in Ziren's newly learned household all-purpose tool set should be able to open locks after the iron lock.

When many people encounter this kind of lock, their first reaction is that they need a key or a □□, or even force it open like Hua Bie did. But in fact, the tools for opening the lock were secretly told to all survivors by the system on the first day.

Cunning!

After receiving the flat-blade screwdriver, Yu Miaomiao turned the two screws at the bottom of the small lock, and the small screws and other items in the treasure chest automatically entered her backpack.

[Lucky trait successfully triggered. Expedition gift pack: 2 screws, 4 iron ingots, 4 copper ingots, 2 wood, 1 mineral water, 5 poison arrows, 3 linen. Stored in the system warehouse.]

I didn't expect to get so many iron and copper ingots by opening a box. With this, Yu Miaomiao directly asked Ziren to customize a toolbox.

"Meow Meow is Not Short of Water: Can you make me an all-purpose household tool set? The cost will depend on what you need."

"Is Ziren here? I have another order on hand right now. It'll probably take me over an hour to complete. As for the commission, can you tell me if you can find any delicious, dairy-free food at the adventure site? If not, I'll give you four bottles of filtered water."

No dairy?

Ziren must have wanted to give it to Api, that’s really thoughtful of him.

Yu Miaomiao can collect 24 bottles of filtered water every day, which she puts on the auction house. She also found that other people are selling them, but not as much as she does.

"Meow Meow: Okay, I'll trade the materials to you first. Let me know when you're done."

She got so much iron ore at once, why did Ziren get so little? Yu Miaomiao sent a message to Hua Bie out of curiosity.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Just a quick question, if you open a rusty treasure chest, how many iron and copper ingots do you usually get?"

"Hanabetsu: A rusty box? It seems like there are only scrap iron pieces, no iron ingots or anything like that."

Yu Miaomiao: ...

So that's why Huabie gets less iron ore each time.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Next time you see a treasure chest, use a screwdriver to open it instead of smashing it open violently. You will get more ore."

"Hua Bie: I see. It seems my investment in you was right. I hope you can open more things and discover more exploration strategies."

It was only then that Yu Miaomiao realized that she had originally only intended to go in and fool around, but she had unknowingly opened three treasure chests.

A number suddenly appeared in the upper left corner - 1%.

It seems that she has completed 1% of the exploration of the Dark Oasis expedition area.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: ...Thank you for your good wishes."

This branch road has come to an end, and we have to turn back.

The branch road was not long, and it only took five minutes to walk back to the fork in the road, but she had spent too much time picking things before.

After returning to the fork in the road, the little camel that was originally strolling around had disappeared, and a patrolling monster - a bee was coming towards us in the distance.

Hua Bie said that patrolling monsters have a blind spot in their vision at a certain distance. There is a good way to distinguish them. When humans with normal vision cannot see the specific stripes on the bee, it is the patrolling monster's blind spot.

The bee in front of him was indeed about the same size as a cat, except that it was flying completely upright. It was wearing silver-scale armor and using a pair of forelimbs that looked more like arms to hold a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.

It's a completely anthropomorphic monster.

The probability of patrol monsters appearing is generally not high, and they usually only appear at the back of the exploration area, and their number increases with the depth of the exploration.

How come she encountered this thing in the "Novice Village"?

It seems that the arrow in Yu Miaomiao's hand cannot penetrate the armor of this patrolling monster. She has to either hide or use a gun.

Where can I hide? Should I go back to the branch road I just took or just stay on the lawn at the entrance and wait for it to turn back?

If you hide on a branch road and the patrolling monster follows you and patrols the branch road, it will still be a dead end.

Even if the patrolling monster did not go to the branch road, Yu Miaomiao could not cross the bushes taller than himself to observe the situation of the road next to it. He also did not know when the patrolling monster would leave. How long would he have to hide like this?

He didn't dare to use a gun before for fear of attracting patrolling monsters. Now that the patrolling monsters have arrived, Yu Miaomiao plans to kill them directly with a gun.

Bullets are different from arrows. When one is used up, there is one less bullet left. Moreover, the materials used to make shotgun bullets are very expensive, and she has never practiced with them.

In real life, she has never played any shooting games, but "even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run", so she doesn't have time to think about it now.

Hold up the front half of the gun with your right hand, hold the handle with your right hand, place two fingers on the trigger, and look through the sight.

An intelligent aiming point appears in the camera, with a cross aiming circle in the middle of the sight. When the muzzle is aimed at the bee monster, the aiming circle will turn green.

This function is quite good. It saves her from the problem of aiming incorrectly as a novice. However, she doesn't know what the recoil of this gun is like. Yu Miaomiao spread her legs shoulder-width apart and kept her body still.

Aim the red dot at the center of the bee monster's head without a helmet and pull the trigger.

"Bang"

A deafening gunshot rang out beside her ears. Yu Miaomiao endured the buzzing in her head and tried her best to keep her arms steady to prevent the gun from going off target.

Even so, as it was her first time using a gun, she still managed to miss the target with the bullet, which just grazed the bee's round head.

The bee, which was originally looking around, was immediately attracted by the gunshot. It quickly flashed its black wings, raised the gun diagonally with its front legs, and was about to stab in the direction of Yu Miaomiao.

Tinghua Bie mentioned that the weapons on the patrolling monsters are very sharp. If you are accidentally stabbed by one, in addition to bleeding and injury, you will also have adverse reactions such as dizziness, which is basically equivalent to losing your combat ability.

Yu Miaomiao was not sure what her chances of winning in a close combat with the bee monster were. She could take a gamble on other things, but she wouldn't dare to do anything when it came to her life. No matter how precious the bullets were, she couldn't save them at this time.

Most of the bee monster's body is covered by a shield, so you can kill it by damaging its head.

Yu Miaomiao aimed at the bee monster's head again, ready to fire another shot. As soon as he pulled the trigger, he found that he had no strength at all. His two fingers had been numbed by the shock of the gun.

The stripes on the bee monster's body were clearly visible. Not only was she now exposed to its field of vision, but her personal safety was also in danger.